Anaho Bay
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Fri 4 Jul 2008 23:38
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08:49.38S
140:03.75W
Hi Folks,
We departed Hakui bay at 09.00 bound for the north
west tip of Nuka Hiva for an overnight stop before proceeding to Anaho bay , we
were glad to leave Hakui as the NoNos were nipping something terrible and no
amount of repellent would keep them away , the swell to the beach was way to
high to land , we were planning on walking to the waterfalls there which drop
some 2600 ft into a pool , which you can swim in , never mind I think we would
all have been covered from head to foot in clothing so a swim would have been
low on the priority list with the bug situation .
Anyway we had a great sail to Haahopu bay
only to find that the anchorage had very poor holding ,we could not get the
anchor to bight so we decided to go to our final destination in the Marquesers
Anaho bay , as we rounded the tip of the island we met a headwind of some 20 to
25 knots so it was handles down and full ahead to the bay,
We arrived at another stunning bay ,
beautiful backdrops and good holding , the water depthwas 17m and as we have our
extended chain all connected we dropped 60m and had a good nights
sleep.
This morning the wind has been to high to get
the sails down for repair, Lyn is making some modified canvas work , whilst Rob
and Ruth have been practising there macramé with the Lazy jacks and have
succeeded were many have failed in getting them working as intended by the sail
maker !
This is our last port of call in the Marquasers
were we have had a wonderfull time and realy seen a number of islands that not
many mortals get to visit because of its remoteness , our next port of call will
be low leavel islands like the San blas Islands so a complete change of sceanary
is coming up ,we have a 700 nm trip wich should take about 5 days , we should
depart in about 4 days .
A Happily anchored crew
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